I'm a professional photographer... and Australian one... living in Sweden, and as many Swedes ask me, "why would an Australian choose to live in Sweden?" Three guesses I say, with the first one usually the right one - a girl, Swedish at that :) but that is another story which could easily make a large book in content and explanation... one day maybe :)
So here I sit, with the relationship now long gone, still in Sweden, and people ask me again "why?"... and I reply with the suggestion that Sweden can actually be a nice place to live, and have good business prospects, contrary to many Swede's attitudes. Upon starting my business here as a test idea back in 2011, I have since grown this with many new clients every year while also growing my specialty - Super Yacht Photography. But there are no Superyachts in Sweden they say... true, with the exception of 'Vibrant Curiosity' which cruised past Malmo in 2011 giving an amazing photo opportunity you can't get almost anywhere else in the world. Then I enlighten people to the fact that the majority of leading Super Yacht shipyards in the world exist in the Nth of Germany and Netherlands, so Malmö is an ideal hub not only for driving to continental EU but also flying out of CPH. Much easier than from Australia!
"Super Yachts... wow... must be exotic", some say... true, but the work is very incestual, few and far between, and the work is very high demand in both time and quality, so it is not all Sunglasses and Autographs :)
Stay tuned for more...
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